The 40 or so men and women tour professionals on the Callaway Golf staff come from the world’s premier professional golf tours, including the PGA Tour, European PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and Champions Tour.

They are elite players with extremely high standards. Who are they, and which Callaway clubs do they play?

A few are spotlighted below, followed by a complete listing of Callaway Golf tour professionals.

Phil Mickelson

Callaway Golf tour pro Phil Mickelson is currently the No. 2 ranked player in the world, having amassed 34 PGA Tour wins, including three majors. Here’s something you may not know about Phil: golf is the only thing he does left-handed. The pro known as “Lefty” began the game as a left-hander so he could mirror his dad’s right-handed swing during practice.

“I’ve been using this Diablo fairway wood,” Phil said recently about the new Big Bertha Diablo Series. “This is the best fairway wood I’ve ever hit.”

In Phil’s Bag:

• FT-9 Driver
• Big Bertha Diablo Fairway Woods
• Tour Authentic X-Prototype Irons 5-9
• X-Forged Irons 3-4
• White Hot XG #9 Putter

Ernie Els

Callaway Golf tour pro Ernie Els competes globally and has won 48 worldwide titles, including three majors. Nicknamed “The Big Easy” for his long, fluid golf swing, the 6’3” Els was a consummate athlete in his youth, excelling in rugby, tennis, cricket and other sports.

Like Phil Mickelson, when it comes to Callaway drivers, The Big Easy swings the FT-9 Driver. Ernie also favors Tour Authentic X-Prototype Irons.

In Ernie’s Bag:

• FT-9 Driver
• X Fairway Woods
• Tour Authentic X-Prototype Irons 3-9
• Tour Milled 1 Putter

Annika Sorenstam

To say that Callaway Golf tour pro Annika Sorenstam is the greatest female golfer of all time is no stretch. Annika, now retired from tour competition, collected 72 LPGA Tour wins (including 10 majors) in her Hall-of-Fame career. She is also the only woman to fire a 59 in a tour event.

Known for her precision play, Annika has played Callaway irons throughout her career. She currently plays two models: Tour Authentic X-Prototype Irons and X-18 Irons.

In Annika’s Bag:

• FT-5 Driver
• X Fairway Woods
• Tour Authentic X-Prototype Irons 7-9
• X-18 Irons 4-6
• White Hot XG 2-Ball Putter

Graeme McDowell

Callaway Golf tour pro Graeme McDowell is an up-and-coming player on the European PGA Tour who has won four times and was a member of the 2008 European Ryder Cup team. The Irishman played collegiate golf at the University of Alabama, where he was ranked No. 1 in the United States and won an amazing six of 12 college tournaments.

In Graeme’s Bag:

• Fusion FT-3 Driver
• X Fairway Woods 15
• X-Forged Irons 3-9
• White Hot 7 Putter

Gary Player

Callaway Golf tour pro Gary Player is a living golf legend. Still active on the Champions Tour, the man nicknamed “The Black Knight” has won 163 tournaments worldwide and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Gary also won nine majors in his illustrious career and is one of only a few players to achieve the career Grand Slam, winning the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship by the age of 29.

In Gary’s Bag:

• FT-5 Driver
• Steelhead III Fairway Wood 4+
• Steelhead Plus Fairway Wood
• Heavenwood Hybrids
• X Hybrids
• X-Tour Irons 6-9
• Tri Hot 3 Putter

Complete List of Callaway Tour Pros

PGA Tour

Stuart Appleby

Cameron Beckman

Notah Begay III

Olin Browne

Ernie Els

J.J. Henry

Fredrik Jacobson

Danny Lee

Rocco Mediate

Phil Mickelson

James Oh

Nicholas Thompson

LPGA Tour

Sandra Gal

Vicky Hurst

Leta Lindley

Morgan Pressel

Momoko Ueda

European PGA Tour

Thomas Bjorn

Michael Campbell

Nick Dougherty

Niclas Fasth

Alastair Forsyth

Stephen Gallacher

Anton Haig

Thongchai Jaidee

Michael Lorenzo-Vera

Graeme McDowell

Alexander Noren

Alvaro Quiros

Robert Rock

Marcel Siem

Oliver Wilson

Nationwide Tour

Bubba Dickerson

Nick Flanagan

Champions Tour

Mark McNulty

Gary Player

Eduardo Romero

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David Leadbetter

Johnny Miller

Arnold Palmer

Annika Sorenstam

Justin Timberlake

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The roars were back at Augusta National Golf Club, as the 75th edition of the Masters Tournament produced more birdies and more drama than in recent memory. For much of the week the roars followed a 48-year-old veteran bidding to be the oldest player to win the Masters – or a major championship, for that matter.

Coming off a magical 2008 Ryder Cup season, Kenny Perry continued to bask in the twilight of his career, as he split Augusta’s tightened fairways with his TaylorMade R9 Driver and time and again reached the putting surfaces with his TaylorMade Irons. Perry’s mastery included his putter, which helped him negotiate the large, sloping, slick greens and carry him to the 36-hole lead.

“My putter is a lot better. I'm actually very comfortable on the greens.” Perry said.

Paired with co-leader Chad Campbell during Saturday’s third round, Perry continued his stroll toward the record books. A two-under-par 70 gave him a share of the 54-hole lead with 2007 U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera.

Although he had downplayed the pressure of winning the Masters and his first major, Perry shared that at least one person close to him felt it was important.

“Dad has always said, ‘You need to win that Green Jacket,’” Perry said, laughing.

By the time Perry reached the 71st tee on Sunday, it looked like a foregone conclusion, as his TaylorMade clubs kept clicking. In fact, he had just stuffed an 8-iron shot at the par-3 16th hole and tapped in for birdie. The sentimental favorite had a two-shot lead with two holes to play.

Then the easy-going Kentuckian ran out of magic. A slightly errant approach shot led to a nervous chip and bogey on the 71st hole. A bunkered drive and a missed green led to another bogey on the 72nd hole. Bogey, bogey, playoff.

In the end, the Masters – and appointment with the record books – slipped from Perry’s grasp. While disappointed, Perry kept his head up in defeat, again mentioning his father.

“He just wanted me to win,” Perry said. “He wants the best for me just like I want the best for my kids. We’ll have a good conversation tonight.”

The Man from Cordoba

The 2009 Masters winner in a sudden-death playoff with Perry and Campbell, Argentinean Angel Cabrera made it clear his victory did not avenge the heartbreaking loss of fellow countryman Roberto De Vicenzo in the 1968 Masters.

(De Vicenzo gave away the Master’s title when he signed an incorrect scorecard. Bob Goalby beat him in an 18-hole playoff the following day.)

“De Vicenzo had bad luck,” Cabrera said. “It’s not going to change what happened to him.” The two-time major winner added, “This win, to take back to Argentina, it’s going to help a lot with our game.”

Introduced to the game as a caddie at age 10, the Cordoba native’s pro golf success has been a lesson in persistence. Argentina is not a hotbed for professional golfers. And Cabrera, the son of a handyman and maid who split up when Cabrera was a tyke, was not born into the privileged class.

Yet this did not stop him from rising from lesser tours to become one of the world’s elite golfers. Cabrera’s hang-in-there quality was again on display at Augusta National Golf Club, especially as the light faded on Sunday afternoon.

The man who wasn’t supposed to win the 2007 U.S. Open by out dueling Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk wielded his PING golf clubs and impressive power game, including an improved putter, a PING i Series 1/2 craz-E B, to slip into a sudden-death playoff and escape with the Green Jacket.

“I was happy with my game and I had confidence. I was just trying to enjoy the moment,” said the man from Cordoba. “A lot of magical things happen. It’s simply the Masters.”

Clash of Golf Titans

All eyes and CBS-TV cameras were upon them. Despite being seven shots off the lead, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, paired together in the final round of a major for the first time since 2001, were a main attraction on Masters Sunday.

If didn’t take long for the swashbuckling Mickelson, brandishing his Callaway golf clubs, to overshadow the game’s No. 1 player. Slashing terrific recovery shots from the pines with his Callaway X-Prototype Irons and sinking birdie after birdie with his trusty Odyssey White Hot mallet putter, Lefty raced to a record-tying front nine of 30. A frustrated Tiger gamely played on, making some birdies of his own.

By the time they reached the final holes, it was apparent that neither of the game’s two most exciting players would catch the leaders. And when the scorecards were tallied, Phil edged Tiger, 67 to 68. Golf fans can look forward to more battles between these two golf titans for years to come.

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PGA Tour veteran Rocco Mediate is not the longest hitter on the circuit. But one thing is certain: the man who took Tiger Woods to overtime in the epic 2008 U.S. Open is now hitting his drives longer than ever before with the new Callaway Big Bertha Diablo Driver.

Rocco was always straight. The all-titanium Big Bertha Diablo Driver adds significant distance without sacrificing accuracy. And you don’t have to play like a Tour Pro to benefit from the explosive power of the Big Bertha Diablo Series.

The new Callaway Golf series features two distance and accuracy-enhancing technologies. The first – Edge Technology – provides a high Moment of Inertia (MOI) and an optimized center of gravity (CG) location for Draw or Neutral models. In other words, Diablo gives you long, penetrating ball flight, along with your preferred shot shape. Edge Technology also helps you square the clubface at impact, even when you take a ferocious swing at the ball.

Another Diablo innovation – Hyperbolic Face Technology – increases ball speed across the entire face of the club. Translation? More distance, even on mis-hits.  These new advancements in Callaway Diablo clubs compliment the S2H2 design benefits that are synonymous in Callaway Golf technology: Shoot, Straight, Hollow, Hosel.

Rocco’s Big Bertha Diablo Hybrid

Like the driver, the Big Bertha Diablo Hybrid is a distance king. But it also can take an accuracy freak like Rocco Mediate to a whole new level. Not just accurate, but scary accurate.

The Big Bertha Diablo Hybrid is designed with a Dual Runner Sole that enables solid contact from a variety of lies and helps lower the leading edge to make the sweet spot more accessible for golfers of all skill levels. These clubs also leverage Callaway’s VFT Technology to increase ball speed, distance and forgiveness.

Rocco’s 2H model has a loft of 18?, but the Big Bertha Diablo Hybrid comes in a range of models and lofts to suit your preferences.

Phil’s ‘Best’ Fairway Wood: Big Bertha Diablo

“I’ve been using this Diablo fairway wood,” Phil Mickelson says in a Callaway video clip. “This is the best fairway wood I’ve ever hit. It’s easy to get up in the air and it flies straight.”

Whether hitting off a tee or the turf, the Big Bertha Diablo Fairway Woods enhance distance and accuracy for golfers of all skill levels, including, as evidenced above, PGA Tour star Phil Mickelson.  Phil plays the Big Bertha Diablo Fairway Wood 15N. So can you, or you can choose from a range of other models and lofts to suit your preferences.

These Callaway fairway woods feature the same technological innovations of the Big Bertha Diablo Driver, plus they come in Neutral and Draw head shapes to promote your preferred shot shape. They’re sure to take your golf game and confidence in long distance fairway shots to a new level.

LPGA Tour’s Morgan Pressel Depends on Diablo

An intense competitor, LPGA Tour player and major winner Morgan Pressel concedes nothing on the golf course. That competitive demeanor extends to the fairway woods and hybrids Morgan puts in her bag: the Big Bertha Diablo Fairway Woods and Big Bertha Diablo Hybrid.

At 5’5”, Morgan wants to reach for all the power a club can offer. The Big Bertha Diablo Series gives her that and more – pin-seeking accuracy.

Callaway Diablo Golf Balls and Bags

Yes, there’s a ball, too. The Big Bertha Diablo Golf Ball has lower driver spin and softer feel than most golf balls for increased accuracy off the tee and a better feel on every shot.

You can complete the ensemble with a Big Bertha Diablo Stand Bag or Big Bertha Diablo Tour Cart Bag, a limited edition tour pro bag and the same one that caddies carry for Callaway’s Tour Golf Professionals.

All in all, Callaway’s new Diablo series is full of innovative design and enhancements to improve the confidence, play and performance for golfers of all skill levels.

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